{"id":74,"date":"2016-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/the-challenges-of-enforcing-distracted-driving-laws\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:26","slug":"the-challenges-of-enforcing-distracted-driving-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/the-challenges-of-enforcing-distracted-driving-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenges of enforcing distracted driving laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite its dangers, many people continue to go to their phones when driving. This is the case here in New York and throughout the country. Now, most states ban at least some types of cellphone use while driving, like texting. Additionally, some states, like New York, prohibit all types of handheld phone use behind the wheel. However, there are things that can make enforcing such laws difficult.<\/p>\n<p>One big one is that this dangerous conduct can be hard for law enforcement officials to spot. There are various things distracted drivers might try to do to conceal their cellphone use. This includes holding their cellphone down low or putting their cellphone away the second they spot anything that looks like law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>These challenges have led some police departments to go to out-of-the-box methods for trying to catch distracted drivers. Examples include:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/the-challenges-of-enforcing-distracted-driving-laws\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The challenges of enforcing distracted driving laws\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite its dangers, many people continue to go to their phones when driving. This is the case here in New York and throughout the country. Now, most states ban at least some types of cellphone use while driving, like texting. 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